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Ms. Jetson's Lessons


My name is Ms. Jetson, I’ve come here from outer space.

My highly evolved people and I live on the most beautiful planet-

we created it ourselves.

It looked so much like this Earth

when we first arrived.

 

I’m here to tell you

education is your

paradise,

it’s all about relation-

communicating information. 

 

First, I need to know, how does your being absorb? By sight, sound, or touch?

Is it muscle memory that moves the knowing through you?

When I’m speaking, does it feel best to stand, sit, lay down,

draw pictures, jump around? After all, you need to learn how you learn.

I’m here to teach you, not control you.

 

 Don’t just sit there are stare, how silly.

 

Next, we’re going to learn about reactions.

You look scared, it’s not chemistry.

I’m talking about the reactions in your body and mind.

The most important lesson of all:

observe your own information.

 

Feeling frustration? If you notice thoughts of fear and agitation:

‘I can’t do it I don’t understand this is too much for me’

acknowledge them

and then look deeper in yourself for the truth.

 

Soon you learn how to choose your reactions

and you will know: you are not your thoughts.

Smile as they float by.

You are a hunter of truth and happiness. I will teach you how to see yourself.

Imagine

 

what you might enjoy studying when you know

that the way you learn, how much you learn and how you feel about learning

is not good or bad, it just is.

In case you don’t know it already,

you are perfect the way you are. 

 

So, please, show me. Before

I can really teach you anything

I need to learn

about

you.

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